Poetry World Map

The world map (and table) here shows the distribution of poetry on this site. I will try to keep it more or less up to date. Those marked with * aren't independent countries but are ones that I personally feel are worthy of separation.

The current map is dated 29 March 2025 - click for a larger version.

I have tried to include poetry from all around the world on this site, and have at least one poem from every country (I think), except Vatican City as no one is allowed to actually be born there. Note that where a poet is from a former time, I have put their country of origin in modern terms, even though the country may not have been named the same in their time. In some cases it isn't possible to pin them down, in which case I have used a more generic country name (e.g. Korea). Finally, some poets were born in one country and lived most of their lives in another - in such cases both countries are "credited" unless they left their birthplace in childhood/infancy.

Table of countries:

Country	No. poems		Country	No. poems
Afghanistan	9		Luxembourg	5
Albania	14		Macedonia	9
Algeria	10		Madagascar	8
Andorra	4		Malawi	19
Angola	7		Malaysia	19
Antigua and Barbuda	6		Maldives	7
Argentina	40		Mali	8
Armenia	18		Malta	9
Australia	95		Marshall Islands	4
Austria	33		Martinique*	5
Azerbaijan	14		Mauritania	8
Bahamas	5		Mauritius	4
Bahrain	8		Mexico	40
Bangladesh	7		Federated States of Micronesia	5
Barbados	6		Moldova	6
Belarus	10		Monaco	4
Belgium	27		Mongolia	13
Belize	10		Montenegro	5
Benin	5		Morocco	15
Bhutan	5		Mozambique	11
Bolivia	10		Myanmar	5
Bonaire*	2		Namibia	7
Bosnia Herzegovina	8		Nauru	4
Botswana	10		Nepal	16
Brazil	18		Netherlands	64
Brunei	4		New Zealand	40
Bulgaria	26		Nicaragua	13
Burkina Faso	4		Niger	5
Burundi	5		Nigeria	48
Cambodia	6		North Korea	5
Cameroon	11		Northern Ireland*	7
Canada	101		Norway	26
Cape Verde	6		Oman	4
Central African Republic	6		Pakistan	24
Chad	4		Palau	6
Chile	22		Palestine	20
China	93		Panama	6
Colombia	8		Papua New Guinea	9
Comoros	4		Paraguay	10
Cook Islands	1		Persia*	22
Costa Rica	5		Peru	16
Cote d'Ivoire	4		Philippines	15
Croatia	10		Poland	76
Cuba	17		Portugal	36
Curaçao*	5		Puerto Rico*	3
Czech Republic	21		Qatar	4
Democratic Rep of Congo	6		Republic of Congo	4
Denmark	68		Romania	39
Djibouti	5		Russia	109
Dominica	4		Rwanda	6
Dominican Republic	9		Saint Kitts and Nevis	5
Ecuador	10		Saint Lucia	6
Egypt	29		Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	5
El Salvador	14		Samoa	5
England *	304		San Marino	3
Equatorial Guinea	4		São Tomé and Príncipe	3
Eritrea	9		Saudi Arabia	18
Estonia	17		Scotland*	86
Eswatini	6		Senegal	10
Ethiopia	16		Serbia	17
Fiji	6		Seychelles	4
Finland	45		Sierra Leone	11
France	170		Singapore	8
French Guiana*	5		Slovakia	6
Gabon	6		Slovenia	8
Gambia	6		Solomon Islands	3
Georgia	19		Somalia	15
Germany	159		South Africa	39
Ghana	21		South Korea	24
Greece	64		South Sudan	15
Greenland*	5		Spain	116
Guadeloupe*	4		Sri Lanka	10
Guam*	3		Sudan	10
Guatemala	7		Suriname	8
Guinea	3		Sweden	38
Guinea-Bissau	5		Switzerland	32
Guyana	9		Syria	20
Haiti	10		Taiwan	7
Honduras	7		Tajikistan	5
Hungary	28		Tanzania	14
Iceland	24		Thailand	5
India	148		Tibet*	11
Indonesia	12		Timor-Leste	3
Iran	54		Togo	5
Iraq	41		Tonga	5
Ireland	122		Trinidad and Tobago	10
Israel	29		Tunisia	9
Italy	158		Turkey	56
Jamaica	16		Turkmenistan	5
Japan	65		Tuvalu	4
Jordan	5		Uganda	29
Kazakhstan	16		Ukraine	28
Kenya	53		United Arab Emirates	4
Kiribati	6		Uruguay	19
Korea *	7		USA	199
Kosovo	5		Uzbekistan	7
Kuwait	4		Vanuatu	5
Kyrgyzstan	6		Vatican City (Holy See)	0
Laos	5		Venezuela	15
Latvia	14		Vietnam	18
Lebanon	19		Wales*	27
Lesotho	10		Western Sahara	9
Liberia	8		Yemen	6
Libya	10		Zambia	10
Liechtenstein	5		Zimbabwe	26
Lithuania	24